Wednesday, Karlton had an appointment with the radiology department at DPH (Dunedin Public Hospital) because he has been having pain in his left shoulder. It was the first time since the accident that he did not need to be transported by an ambulance. Instead he used the Mobility Taxi – a van that can transport [...]
Archive for August, 2002
Radiology
Posted in News on 2002-08-29 | Leave a Comment »
PICC line removal
Posted in News on 2002-08-28 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday was a rainy day but much milder than Monday. When I arrived at ISIS Karlton was eating a peanut butter jelly sandwich that I had fixed for him the night before. Soon a nurse arrived with two bowls of oatmeal & fruit and soy milk. He gobbled down that quite fast and was ready [...]
Out of post-traumatic amnesia
Posted in News on 2002-08-27 | Leave a Comment »
Monday was a very windy and stormy day. Down in the valley we had hail and sleet but as we crossed the green belt and onto ISIS, the ground was covered with snow. It snowed and stormed on and off all day but by the time I left around 6:45 p.m. all the slush was [...]
Sassy
Posted in News on 2002-08-26 | Leave a Comment »
The shuttle service between the hospital downtown and ISIS does not run on weekends so I told Karlton I would take the earliest public bus that runs at 9:31 on Sundays. I thought I would surprise him by catching another line which left the Octogon at 9:10, arriving at ISIS at 9:35. When I arrived [...]
Discoveries
Posted in News on 2002-08-25 | Leave a Comment »
Wow! I found a fairly decently-sized Asian store where they sell fresh tofu. Thanks to Dr. Stuart Tie, a Chinese house surgeon from Malaysia, I found out there are four Asian stores in Dunedin. Val, a wife of a patient at ISIS, and I got into Ted’s car (Ted is in charge of the kitchen [...]
"Farmer John"
Posted in News on 2002-08-24 | Leave a Comment »
Friday started as another beautiful day in Dunedin. Karlton would not let me take him out for a stroll saying that he did not think I was strong enough to control the wheelchair around the grounds of ISIS. He expressed a real concern for his life so I did not push the issue at that [...]
Pizza delivery
Posted in News on 2002-08-23 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday was a beautiful and warm day in Dunedin. When I arrived at ISIS, Karlton was sitting in his recliner writing messages he wanted to send to some friends. He had already had his breakfast and the OT had taken him to have his shower. One of his first requests to me was to get [...]
Timeline
Posted in Administrivia on 2002-08-21 | Leave a Comment »
Courtesy of Jef Bontrager, we now have a timeline laying out the sequence of events surrounding Karlton’s accident and his subsequent recovery. (It is an Adobe PDF file. Click here to get software to view the file.) A more permanent link has been posted in the About section as well.
My last day in New Zealand
Posted in News on 2002-08-21 | Leave a Comment »
Today is my last day in New Zealand. A number of people have asked if the website will continue. Yes, of course it will. I intend to call Karlton and Choy-Lang every day, and I will attempt to write updates on a regular basis. No doubt it will take us a week or so to [...]
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